This is not newsworthy at all!! Anyone who has been around chickens has seen this. Hens lay small eggs early in their laying career and the eggs become progressively larger as they get older to where this type of egg is not uncommon. Many times these eggs will have thinner shells and very fragile yolks. We have seen hundreds of eggs this size from hens much smaller than what laid this egg!

WE had over 10,000 chickens at a time. You're right, this isn't unusual. Every time you moult the hens, you get eggs that are either tiny, double yolked or gigantic like this one. I've even seen eggs with a whole egg, shell and all, inside them, and a few triple yolked eggs.

I used to sell the odd shaped and extra small/large eggs to a club that makes decorated blown eggs. I got as much as $10 each for them, and this was over 20 years ago.